Week End Friday December 23, 2023
{quotes}
Forever is composed of nows.
Emily Dickinson
We are more fulfilled when we are involved in something bigger than ourselves.
John Glenn
Fear of life closes off more opportunities for us than fear of death ever does.
Agnes Moorehead
A good person is not one who worries about his fellow man’s soul and his own stomach, but about his fellow man’s stomach and his own soul.
Israel Salantar
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
Hamilton Wright Mabie
{blessings}
Rejoice, Just Because
Don’t cry because it’s over. Rejoice because it happened. May God bless you with resilience and a positive frame of mind.
Break the Cycle
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. May God bless you with the will to change your ways for the better. Break the cycle, and improve your situation — starting now.
Bigger Than
You will be more fulfilled when you are involved in something bigger than yourself. May you receive big blessings, and may your generous actions be even bigger.
Rainbows and Unicorns
The notion that God’s blessings lead to a carefree life of rainbows and unicorns is a silly and hazardous fantasy. May your dreams be grand yet grounded in reality.
Silent Night
May God bless you with a silent night, holy days, and a holiday filled with peace, love, and joy.
{prayers}
Christmas Time Prayer
Hassled time, hurried time, crafted of jammed schedules, marathon cooking sessions, and shopping trips from hell. Why do I make this season harder than it must be? All You ask of me is to live and give thanks: I save all that for one lone day, and pursue busy-ness all the rest. Stop me. Remind me of my treasures, the ones I did not buy in a store. Crack open my heart and let true joy pour forth. More than turkey, better than gravy, prayer will be my holiday season.
Into God’s Hands
Into Your hands, I place my own. It belongs there, as natural as rain falling. I trust You to keep a tight grip, whatever today brings.
Live in Strength
Father in heaven, I stand before Your omnipotent presence to ask that You grant me strength to power through all of the tasks today — whether little or big. It is by Your will that I live, and I pray by Your will I will not know weakness today.
Sharing My Time
Dear God, Remind me that sharing my time with a full heart is the most precious gift I can give. Thank You for these days and nights of joy and celebration. All praise to You, my Lord, my God.
Love the Giver
Dear God, in this season of giving, help me love the giver more than the gift. May I receive blessings wrapped in brightly colored packages, and may Your spirit always be bright and beautiful in the eyes of Your creation.
{bible affirmations}
Ecclesiastes 7:8
Better is the end of the thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Exodus 33:17-18
The Lord said to Moses, ‘I will do the very thing you have asked because I am pleased with you, and I know you by name.’ And Moses responded, ‘Now show me your glory.’
John 10:28
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of My hand.
Isaiah 40:3
A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness. Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable Gift.
{stories, features, videos}
Music Video Story: Hannukah Candlelight Maccabeats
Feature: It’s Okay to Be Different
Music Video: Baby it’s Cold Outside Idina Menzel, Michael Buble
Humor: 102 Points
Music Video: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Johnny Mathis
Bible Reading: Apollo 8 Christmas Broadcast – Genesis